(11) Parthenope

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24085:

   (11) Parthenope
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5   (M-c)          Bowell
M  26.84105              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25667250     Peri.  194.36596     +0.76563151     +0.63993809
a   2.4521657      Node   125.65569     -0.58195864     +0.73242313
e   0.0988044      Incl.    4.62232     -0.27410314     +0.23245558
P   3.84           H    6.55          G   0.15
From 2613 observations at 61 oppositions, 1850-1993, mean residual 0".57.

An explanation of the orbital elements is available.

These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs.

Ephemeris

The following ephemeris is at intervals of five days. A daily ephemeris covering the same time interval is also available.

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
 
2001 08 29    04 01.39   +15 14.6    2.071    2.372    94.3    25.1    11.2
2001 09 03    04 05.90   +15 18.0    2.016    2.377    98.1    24.8    11.1
2001 09 08    04 09.88   +15 19.2    1.961    2.383   102.0    24.4    11.0
2001 09 13    04 13.28   +15 18.3    1.906    2.388   106.0    23.9    11.0
2001 09 18    04 16.04   +15 15.4    1.853    2.393   110.2    23.2    10.9
2001 09 23    04 18.13   +15 10.5    1.801    2.399   114.5    22.4    10.8
2001 09 28    04 19.51   +15 03.7    1.752    2.404   119.1    21.4    10.7
2001 10 03    04 20.15   +14 55.3    1.705    2.410   123.8    20.2    10.6
2001 10 08    04 20.01   +14 45.3    1.661    2.415   128.7    18.8    10.5
2001 10 13    04 19.08   +14 33.8    1.620    2.420   133.9    17.3    10.4
2001 10 18    04 17.36   +14 21.2    1.583    2.426   139.2    15.6    10.3
2001 10 23    04 14.87   +14 07.5    1.551    2.431   144.7    13.7    10.2
2001 10 28    04 11.68   +13 53.2    1.524    2.437   150.3    11.7    10.1
2001 11 02    04 07.85   +13 38.5    1.502    2.442   156.0     9.5    10.0
2001 11 07    04 03.48   +13 23.9    1.487    2.448   161.7     7.3     9.9
2001 11 12    03 58.70   +13 09.6    1.478    2.453   167.2     5.1     9.8
2001 11 17    03 53.66   +12 56.3    1.476    2.459   171.6     3.4     9.7
2001 11 22    03 48.53   +12 44.4    1.481    2.464   172.6     2.9     9.7
2001 11 27    03 43.47   +12 34.3    1.493    2.469   169.2     4.3     9.8
2001 12 02    03 38.66   +12 26.6    1.512    2.475   164.0     6.3     9.9
2001 12 07    03 34.22   +12 21.5    1.538    2.480   158.3     8.4    10.0
2001 12 12    03 30.28   +12 19.3    1.570    2.485   152.6    10.5    10.2
2001 12 17    03 26.93   +12 20.1    1.608    2.491   146.9    12.5    10.3
2001 12 22    03 24.27   +12 24.2    1.651    2.496   141.3    14.3    10.4
2001 12 27    03 22.32   +12 31.3    1.700    2.501   135.9    15.9    10.6
2002 01 01    03 21.11   +12 41.5    1.753    2.506   130.6    17.3    10.7
2002 01 06    03 20.64   +12 54.6    1.809    2.512   125.5    18.6    10.8

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